Cops: Two Found Dead Inside apartment on South Side
CHICAGO (STMW) — Two teenagers were found shot and killed in an apparent double homicide Saturday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood. Police discovered the bodies inside an apartment in the 8200...
View ArticleState Awards Grants For Lake Michigan Shoreline Conservation Programs
(CBS) — The state of Illinois has awarded 26 groups grants totaling $1.6 million for programs designed to conserve and enhance the shoreline of Lake Michigan and adjacent waterways. The grants ranged...
View ArticleTwo Shot In Woodlawn Neighborhood
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men are in serious condition after being shot Saturday afternoon in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Both were shot at 12:56 p.m. in the 6600 block of South Maryland Avenue, police News...
View ArticleGov. Quinn Promises Tighter Controls After Medicaid Paid For Dead People
(CBS) – Governor Quinn is promising tighter controls after a review found that the Illinois Medicaid program paid an estimated $12 million for medical services for people who were dead. Quinn was...
View ArticleGroup Of Chicago Catholics Headed To Rome For John Paul II’s Canonization
CHICAGO (CBS) — A group of Roman Catholics from Chicago are headed to Rome next week to witness the elevation of Pope John Paul II to sainthood. About 100 people associated with the evangelization...
View ArticleQuinn Staying Out Of Debate On Obama Presidential Library Subsidy
(CBS) — Governor Quinn is staying out of the argument over Thursday’s unusual Illinois House Executive Committee vote on state financing for an Obama presidential library. The committee advanced the...
View ArticleNorth Chicago Boy Found Dead Was Trying To ‘Do Better’
(STMW) — The 15-year-old North Chicago boy found dead in an alley in the city around 11 p.m. Wednesday night had recently transferred to the Waukegan school district to try and restart his school...
View ArticleMinisters Lead Ant-Violence Protest In South Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) – South Chicago ministers led an anti-violence procession through the neighborhood, on the Saturday before Easter. Their goal with this procession and 15th Annual Ecumenical Service is to...
View ArticleOne Dead, One Rescued In Kayak Accident On Fox River
GENEVA, Ill. – One man died in a kayak accident on the Fox River in Geneva, water rescue officials confirmed on site Saturday evening, the Aurora Beacon-News is reporting. Geneva Fire Lt. Ted Sciaky...
View ArticleBaby Boy, Wrapped In Bag, Found Dead In Gangway
(STMW) — A baby boy was found dead, wrapped in a plastic bag in a Northwest Side gangway Saturday morning. About 8:30 a.m., the boy — described as a newborn — was found in a gangway in the 2700 block...
View Article$14 Million Awarded To Woman Who Suffered Stroke After Taking Medication
CHICAGO (STMW) — Mariola Zapalski liked taking care of her home. She wanted to have children. But a prescription for birth control her lawyer said should not have been given to her caused a stroke that...
View ArticleBoy, 16, Seriously Wounded In South Shore Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 16-year-old boy was shot in the South Shore neighborhood Saturday night. The boy was driving westbound in the 7600 block of South Dorchester Avenue about 9:30 p.m. when a male on the...
View ArticleWoman Wanted For Wicker Park Bank Robbery
CHICAGO (STMW) — Authorities are searching for a woman who robbed a bank Friday afternoon in the Wicker Park neighborhood on the North Side. The woman robbed the North Community Bank branch at 1555 N....
View ArticleChicago Cop, Cook Co. Corrections Officer Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide
CHICAGO (CBS) –A Cook County Corrections officer and a Chicago Police officer are dead in a murder-suicide. The murder-suicide is confirmed by the executive director of the Cook County Department of...
View ArticleSix Hurt In Shooting At Easter Party In Montomgery, Ill.
(CBS) — Six people are in the hospital after a shooting at an Easter party in west suburban Montgomery. Four men and two women were hurt in the shooting and police say that the shooter is still on the...
View ArticlePolice: One Dead, One Critical After South Lawndale Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man is dead and another is in critical condition after a gang related shooting Sunday afternoon in the South Lawndale neighborhood. The shooting happened at 1:01 p.m. in the 2800...
View ArticleChicagoans Celebrate Easter Sunday
CHICAGO (CBS) –Christians celebrated Easter at churches and events across the Chicago area Sunday. This year the holiday is especially meaningful for many Catholics as Francis Cardinal George battles a...
View ArticleChicago Family Makes Difference For Autism Awareness
CHICAGO (CBS) — For Michele and Peter Doyle, a trip to the doctor’s office with their daughter Caelan in 2006 changed their lives forever. “We kinda knew early on that there was something going on....
View ArticleTwo Teens Killed In Double Homicide
CHICAGO (STMW) — A teen and an 18-year-old man were found shot and killed Saturday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood. Police discovered the bodies inside an apartment in the 8200 block of South...
View ArticleFive Children Shot In South Side Drive-By
CHICAGO (CBS) – Five children – ages 11 to 15 – were shot Sunday night in a drive-by on the South Side. The kids were walking from a nearby park to a convenience store, when they were shot in the 6600...
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